A controversial program by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that tried to track illegal weapons sales shows the need for tougher gun laws, according to a report issued Thursday by a House Democrat.
As the clock ticks down to the August date in which the U.S. officially defaults on its debt, lawmakers on both sides of aisle appear to be playing a game of political volleyball.
A U.S. senator is suggesting a halt to billions of American taxpayer dollars going to projects in Afghanistan unless there is a complete overhaul of how and why the money is spent.
The MSNBC news network suspended political analyst Mark Halperin on Thursday after the Time magazine columnist used a four-letter insult to describe President Barack Obama.
A special prosecutor has recommended a criminal probe into the deaths of two prisoners in CIA custody but cleared U.S. interrogators of wrongdoing in 99 others, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
When you’re talking about the economy, start the conversation and end the conversation with the number 350.
Robert Gates, a career civil servant who has advised eight presidents, turned to his wife at his Pentagon farewell ceremony Thursday and said “Becky, we’re really going home this time.”
President Obama called on lawmakers Wednesday to overcome the “selfish” norms of politics and “do their job” to strike a deal on raising the federal government’s debt ceiling.
The Senate will forgo its scheduled recess for the week of July 4 to work on legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.
The Senate will forgo its scheduled recess for the week of July 4 to work on cutting the deficit, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.